professional

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professional
prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n(ə)l Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • relating to or belonging to a profession.
    E.g. young professional people
  • engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a pastime.
    E.g. a professional boxer
  • worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured.
    E.g. their music is both memorable and professional
noun
  • a person engaged or qualified in a profession.
    E.g. professionals such as lawyers and surveyors
  • a person engaged in a specified activity, especially a sport, as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime.
    E.g. his first season as a professional
  • a person competent or skilled in a particular activity.
    E.g. she was a real professional on stage

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